Texas § GV.2058.002 - EXCEPTIONS
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§ GV.2058.002. EXCEPTIONS
EXCEPTIONS. (a) The legislature or the Legislative Redistricting Board under Article III, Section 28 , of the Texas Constitution may officially recognize or act on a federal decennial census before September 1 of the year after the calendar year during which the census was taken. (b) A political subdivision governed by a body elected from single-member districts may recognize and act on tabulations of population of a federal decennial census, for redistricting purposes, on or after the date the governor receives a report of the basic tabulations of population from the secretary of commerce under 13 U.S.C. Section 141(c). This subsection does not apply to a political subdivision that was not subject to a statute requiring certain political subdivisions, classified by population, to elect their governing bodies from single-member districts under the preceding federal census. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 682 (H.B. 2025 ), Sec. 2, eff. June 15, 2021.
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